Windmill.



A. BUTTAFOCO.

WINDMILL,

APPLICATION FILED MN. 15. 1915.

l, 144,32. Patented June 29, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. I5 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 29, 1915.

Application fue@ January 15, 1915./ serial No. 2,383.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Windmills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to toy wind mills, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a toy which will rsimulate a convent or church in which certain figures are mounted to move and a bell is mounted to ring, the figures and bell being operated by means of a windmill at the side of the structure, thus providing a toy which will be amusing and instructive.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a toy wind mill made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a number of gures mounted on a turn table to be operated by the wind mill, Fig. 4L is a detail view of a portion of the bell ringing mechanism, Fig. 5 is a detail view of the bell and its manner of mounting, and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the gures to which the bell cord is connected.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a building preferably formed to simulate a church or convent mounted on supports 2 and provided with oppositely disposed windows 3, and circular openings 4 in the gable and the roof. rlhe building is preferably provided with a tower 5 which is open at its opposite sides as at 6 and provided with a suitable window 7 one upon each side of the tower.

The numeral 8 designates the oor of the building. y.

A shaft 9 is mounted in a suitable bearing 10 connected to one of the walls of the building, and mounted on the shaft 9 is a wind wheel 1'1 provided with vanes or blades 12. The shaft 9 extends through the building parallel with the iioor 8 and is provided with a beveled gear wheel 13 which meshes with a similar gear wheel 14 on a short vertical shaft 15. The shaft 15 is supported by means of an arm 16 connected to a horizontal bar 17 which is supported upon a vertical standard 18 secured to the floor 8. Mounted rigidly upon thevertical shaft 15 is a turn table 19 comprisinga plurality of arms extending radially from the shaft 15, and mounted upon each of said arms is a gure 2O preferably each representing a priest or other church dignitary. r1`he shaft 15 is mounted at its upper end in an L- vshaped support 21 connected at its upper end to a beam 22 suspended from the interior framework of the structure.

Mounted in thetower 5 is a bell 23, said bell beingconnected by means of a ring 24: to a vertical bar 25, said bar being secured to a cross rod 26 pivotally mounted at 27 in the sides of the tower. A curved bar 28 is connected to the upper end of the bar25, and at the opposite ends of the bar 28, cords 29 and 30 are connected. The cord 30 leads to an articulated gure 31 mounted upon a support 32, and the cord 29 leads to a similar figure 33. Leading from the figures 31 and 33 are cords 31 and 35, said cords being connected to the figures in a manner to move them to ring the bell 23. The cord34 is connected to a link 36 pivotally connected to a crank 37 mounted on the shaft 9. Connected to the cord 35 is an elastic band 38 secured at 39 to the wall of the building.

When the wind wheel 11 rotates, the figure 20 will move around the shaft 15 and can be seen through the windows 3, while the figures 31 and 33 will be seen through the windows 7 ringing the bell 23. The link 36 being pulled down by the crank 37 against the elasticity of the band 38 will ring the bell and move the figures 31 and 33 alternately.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a toy made in accordance with this invention will be interesting to old and young and will be operated by placing the toy where the wind will strike the wheel 11.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. A toy comprising a shaft, a wind wheel on said shaft, a turn table and connections between said shaft and turn table, a plurality of figures mounted on the turn table, a bell, and connecting mechanism for ringing the bell when the wind wheel is rotated.

2. A toy comprising a building having open windows, through which moving iigures can be seen, and through which a bell can` be seen ringing, a shaft mounted in the building, a wind'wheel mounted on the shaft outside the building, a turn table, and connections between the shaft and turn table, a plurality of figures mounted rto be carried by said turn table around the oeny Ytral point, a tower, a bell pivotally mounted tower, gures in the tower, va cordconneeted to the `igures in the tower and to the bell and to said crank at one end and an elastic band connected to the other end of said cord and to the building. v

, 4. A toy comprising a building to simulate a' church having a tower thereon, a bell pivotally mounted in said tower, a turn table, a plurality of figures mounted on the turn table, a shaft, a wind wheel mounted Von the shaftfor moving said figures, and

means for actuating the bell, saidv building having openings therein to display thev igures and the bell. ln testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y ALFREDO BUTTAFOCO. Witnesses:

GEO. A. BRINKMAN, i Jnssn E. RIoKn'r'rs.

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